Beans Vellai Porial /Beans Curry

This simple curry is very easy to make in a
very short time. Kids would love to eat.

Ingredients:

Beans – 250 gms

Green Chilli – 1(slit into half)

Grated Coconut – 2 tsp. (optional)

Tempering:

Curry Leaves – few

Mustard Seeds – ¼ tsp.

Urad Dhal – ¼ tsp.

Zeera/cumin seeds – ½ tsp.

Final
Addition:

Poriyal Podi/Dhaniya Powder – 1 tsp. (according to taste you
can add more or less)

You can find the recipe for Porial podi/Dhaniya Powder,
under the label Podi Varieties.

Poriyal Podi/Dhaniya Powder

Method:

Wash and slice the beans into small rings.

Heat the pan with 1 tbs. of oil, after it
gets heated add the mustard seeds, once they splutter, add urad dhal, followed
by jeera, chilli and curry leaves.

After a minute, add beans. Cook for few
minutes, add necessary salt. Cook until soft, it might take 7 to 10 minutes.
Toss the grated coconut, stir well. Switch off the stove and mix the porial
podi. Serve hot with rice and ghee/sambar/puzhi kozhambu.

About Me

Chettiars, the menfolk of Chettinad Community, have settled in Singapore from a very historical period, but chettinad womenfolk who are generally referred to as Achis, were still in India. Over a period of time, gradually Achis started coming to Singapore with Chettiars and settle here. Now the Chettiar population has tremendously gone up and their recipes have become very popular world-wide. So I would like to present some of the authentic Chettinad recipes which are very healthy, along with other ever popular recipes and few other interesting topics, with Singapore touch... Please feel free to give your feedback and share your recipes and ideas with me. Let's have learning Journey together..